Work-holding attachment.



No. 888,332. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. J. INMAN.

WORK HOLDING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24.1907.

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JESSIE INMAN, OF PULLMAN, WASHINGTON.

WORK-HOLDING ATTACHMENT.

I No. 888,332.

Application filed June 24,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908. 1907. Serial No. 380,499.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSIE INMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pullman, in the county of Whitman, State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vork-H0ldingAttachments and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to new and useful improvements in work holdingattachments for sewing machines and it has particular reference to anattachment embodying a clamp for engagement with the extension of the ia member received in said clamp and adjustable vertically with relationthereto, the last named member being pro vided with various devices forholding the instruments used in the art of sewing.

The invention aims as a primary object to provide a novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, the details of which will appearin the course of the following description in which reference is had tohe accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, likecharacters of reference desi nating similar parts throughout the severaviews, wherein:

Figure l is an elevation illustrating the manner of use of an attachmentconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

ig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing the manner ofmounting and adjusting the said attachment.

In the accompanying drawings, there is shown a stationary support 1,such for instance, as the extension of a sewing machine and inconnection with which the attachment comprehended in the presentinvention is employed. Such attachment comprises essentially a clamp 2and a member 3 held thereby and adjustable with relation thereto. Theclamp 2 is of substantial U shape and its parallel portions 4 overliethe sides of the support 1. A screw 5 is threaded through the lower oneof said parallel portions and terminates in an enlarged head 6 forfrictional engagement with the surface of the stationary object to holdthe clamp 2 from displacement. The said clamp 2 has its parallelportions 4 constructed with alined openings 7 through which the shank 8of the member 3 is projected, the said shank being preferably tubular inform so that in addition [to its sliding adjustment, it may have aswinging adjustment in the opening 7. A i clamping screw 9 is threadedthrough the bow-shaped portion of the clamp 2 and is formed with anenlarged bearing head 10 which is designed for frictional engagementwith the shank 8 to hold the latter at selected elevations and pivotaldispositions. The said shank 8 terminates -at its upper end in a gooseneck extension 11, which, at its lower end carries an emery bag 12 forneedles and pins and which above said emery bag carries a spool holder13, a scissors holder 14, a thimble holder 15 and a basting threadholder 16. The devices 13, 14 and 15, each comprise a central sleevesurrounding the extension 11, which latter is of slightly tapered form,in order to facilitate the engagement of said devices therewith,preferably by friction. The number and arrangement of these variousdevices may of course be varied as desired and it is to be kept in mindthat the invention essentially resides in the provision of the slidableand pivotally adj ustable shanks 8.

The device comprehended in the present invention is simple in itsstructural details, inexpensive to manufacture, and practical andefficient in use. I

From the foregoing description it will be seen that simple and efficientmeans are provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, butwhile the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to servethe functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changes may bemade in the proportions, shape and arrangement of the several partswithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as definedin the appended claims. WVhat is claimed is: A device of the type setforth, comprising a U-shaped clamping member formed with registeringopenings in its parallel portions, a clamping screw threaded through theend of lsaid member and a shank formed at its upper end with a dependinggoose neck eX- In testimony whereof,1 affix mysignature,

tension, of tapering outline, said shank being in presence of twowitnesses.

loosely projected throu h said openin s and being designed to be engaged by said iiliunp- JESSIE INMAN' 5 ing screw, combined with workholding de- Witnesses:

vices, each comprising sleeves surrounding THOMAS NEILL,

and engaged with said tapering extension. J. L. HARR s.

